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The Board is asked to consider a request from the El Dorado Hills County Water District ("District") to adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 041-2018 revising development impact mitigation fees for the El Dorado Hills Fire Department. (Est. Time: 15 Min.)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The California Mitigation Fee Act (Cal. Gov. Code ยงยง 66000-66025) provides for the establishment of fees on new development for the purpose of mitigating the effects of development on existing public facilities. Special districts do not have statutory authority to impose these fees. As a result, the Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance providing for the establishment of such fees on behalf of special districts. The ordinance was codified as Chapter 13.20. Development impact mitigation fees were first collected on the District's behalf in 1985. The District's fee was last updated in 2015.
The District has contracted with SCI Consulting Group to review the fee and provide a nexus study report using the "existing facility standard methodology." This method uses the District's ratio of existing fire protection facilities, apparatus, and equipment to existing development in order to determine new development's share of the cost to expand the District's system as growth occurs. Population data is derived from the 2010 census. Estimated total housing units and nonresidential building area are based on 2017 County Assessor data. The value of existing fire protection facilities, apparatus, and equipment is based on the replacement value for like items. The nexus study has been reviewed by County staff and appears to meet all the requirements of the California Mitigation Fee Act.
The current fee, established by Resolution 036-2015 (Legistar file #09-0098) is $1.16 per square foot on new residential and non-residential development. The proposed fees are as follows:
Residential Development Per Living Area Sq. Ft. Increase from Existing Fee
Single F...
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